Administrator Guide

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rate police
Police the incoming traffic rate on the selected interface.
Z-Series
Syntax
rate police [kbps] committed-rate [burst-KB] [peak [kbps] peak-rate [burst-
KB]] [vlan vlan-id]
Parameters
kbps Enter the keyword kbps to specify the rate limit in Kilobits per second (Kbps).
The range is from 0 to 40000000. The default granularity is Megabits per second
(Mbps).
committed-rate
Enter the bandwidth in Mbps. The range is from 0 to 40000.
burst-KB
(OPTIONAL) Enter the burst size in KB. The range is from 16 to 200000. The
default is 50.
peak
peak-rate
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword peak then a number to specify the peak rate in
Mbps. The range is from 0 to 4000.
peak
peak-rate
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword peak then a number to specify the peak rate in
Mbps. The range is from 0 to 40000.
vlan
vlan-id
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword vlan then a VLAN ID to police traffic to those
specific VLANs. The range is from 1 to 4094.
Defaults Granularity for commited-rate and peak-rate is Mbps unless you use the kbps option.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Usage
Information
NOTE: Per Port rate police is supported for Layer 2 tagged and untagged switched traffic and for
Layer 3 traffic. Per VLAN rate police is supported on only tagged ports with Layer 2 switched traffic.
S-Series
On one interface, you can configure the rate police command for a VLAN or you can configure the
rate police command for an interface.
rate shape
Shape the traffic output on the selected interface.
Z9000
Syntax
rate shape [kbps] rate [burst-KB]
1000 Quality of Service (QoS)